Valentine's Day is here, and there's lots of chocolate going around, especially since Kouki got a full locker full of them. And all while Ichika is sneaking around the gate and attacking Fujisaki over the right to give Tomoya chocolates. Well, that episode wasn't as nice as the recent ones have been, but at least it's still nice to watch, anyway.

It's White Day, and that means returning the favor from Valentine's Day. So Tomoya and Kouki are giving gifts to Fujisaki in return, and Ichika has an extra gift to Tomoya. It's another amusing episode here, and one where Ichika takes a back seat for once.

Onee Chan ga-kita! Episode 12 & 13 have been released today! Wonder why they got released so early compared to a normal thursday release.

You mean they were ripped and torrented today. The Bluray came out already before the anime finished and someone illegally uploaded it. It was NOT released. I hate it when people say that. No anime is Released on torrents ever or not legally or officially.

Episode 13 is Bluray or DVD only. Not supposed to be released at all. Came out on Bluray today and ripped already. It will have poor sales too. Very sad.

Onee Chan ga-kita! Episode 12 & 13 have been released today! Wonder why they got released so early compared to a normal thursday release.

You mean they were ripped and torrented today. The Bluray came out already before the anime finished and someone illegally uploaded it. It was NOT released. I hate it when people say that. No anime is Released on torrents ever or not legally or officially.

Episode 13 is Bluray or DVD only. Not supposed to be released at all. Came out on Bluray today and ripped already. It will have poor sales too. Very sad.

Hmmm, Didn't know about that. Thought the BD's actually get released after the show has finished airing. Cause I have this app on my phone that tells me when shows get released out on CR or any other place, And Onee-chan 12 & 13 popped up, never knew it was illegal :l

Onee Chan ga-kita! Episode 12 & 13 have been released today! Wonder why they got released so early compared to a normal thursday release.

You mean they were ripped and torrented today. The Bluray came out already before the anime finished and someone illegally uploaded it. It was NOT released. I hate it when people say that. No anime is Released on torrents ever or not legally or officially.

Episode 13 is Bluray or DVD only. Not supposed to be released at all. Came out on Bluray today and ripped already. It will have poor sales too. Very sad.

Hmmm, Didn't know about that. Thought the BD's actually get released after the show has finished airing. Cause I have this app on my phone that tells me when shows get released out on CR or any other place, And Onee-chan 12 & 13 popped up, never knew it was illegal :l

This is the first time I can remember a show being officially released on Bluray before it aired on TV. And now you know why... because the rippers will have it up there in no time...

This show is so nice with everywhere but Japan being legal here on Crunchyroll too. Hopefully the manga gets a boost at least. It probably expected to lose money on the discs anyway but this sort of thing doesn't help.

Mom and dad are out, so it's just Tomoya and Ichika, and Tomoya is sick. In comes Ruri and Marina to the rescue. And some time later, it's a role reversal as it's Ichika who is sick. That was just a cute way to end this short series.

And then there is an OVA as well:

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It's about the time when Tomoya and Ichika first met each other way back as little kids. Then the parents got married and they became stepsiblings.

Final Thoughts

This show is cute and amusing, certainly for the short episode format that it is. The biggest problem is definitely the animation quality, which is blurry and not exactly as sharp as I am used to watching. Some of the characters are really annoying at first, but I warmed up to them as the series progressed, so that at least made it interesting to watch. And I like the amount of friendships that were developed in the short amount of time.

They did a great job telling a likable story in 12 episodes at the length of a pop song.

It's pretty much onigiri simple, and the art is cartoony hand drawn style rather than the polished CGI look almost everything has now. But I liked that about it, especially the trademark triangle mouth.

I liked all the characters more than I generally do. The plot actually made sense, and the characters actually acted "in character".

I'm not totally happy with anime going to this short form, but if it was all like this, I'd be ecstatic as long as more series came out along with that.

I give it a 9 out of 10 for what it was, a short with very limited time to work with. Raise the Mouth Triangle Banner and march forth to the extras!